The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1906, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY .17, 1906. WOMAN BURNED IN THE STREET Mrs. L Marshalls Clothing Ignited by an Open | Gook Stove. Husband Tries o Beat Out the Flames With His Hands. HE HAS A Finds Reason BY JAMES C. . o ity | “He has a dear, good mother, said | Mrs. E. Kaufmann, alluding to Hlan‘) Prentice, accused of drunkenness, ‘and | for reason 1 decline to prosecute hin - Mr. Prentice, a tall young man, with While she was trying to prepare a | - on :n improvised stove in front| . igly red hair and protruding cheek of home. 0 Ed-y street, yester- | yonee smiled gratefully at Mrs. Kauf- ay the clothing of aged Mrs. L. Mar- | ».." and she beamed magnanimously s became ignited. Before she felt| .o, 'hym. She had caused his arrest he flames they had enveloped her .. .... he, while ingbriated, annoyed ody. Her husband and several neigh- the inmates of the Girls' Detention bors rushed to her agsistance, but be- \e, in Mission Park, of which she is fore they reached her she was so badly (},{,‘z",;'a,mm and Patrolmen Uhte and irned that it is imposible for her t0| poy averred that he had bestowed e | similar uninvited attention upon other rs. Marshall insisted on helping girlg in that neighborhood. 7 the cooking, despite the warnings |~ poisce Judge Conlan demurred to her husband. He left her standing | yyy Kaufmann’s eclination: o prose- near the open fire and went into the | cute. wouse for & few minutes. While he|“UJu . pecause the defendant hap- was indoors he heard a loud shriek. He pens to have a mother,” sald ‘his ushed down the stairs and saw his wife, a mass of flames, running dOWn | ;. vifteq to harass unprotected fe: the street. He seized her and franti- | o unwhipped of justice, tried to beat out the fire with his | ?::es‘.,,::‘: fiumen whom he annoyed Neighbors hurriedly secured |y ,ye or had, maternal relatives, I pre- lankets and wrapped them about the | (275 0 Yy aon't you take them woman, smothering the flames. | into consideration as well as the lady A passing automobile hurried Mrs. | in whose behalf you exercise leniency Marshall to the temporary emergency |, ...s her son?’ hospital at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, | Mrs., Kaufmann replied by reiterat- where remedies were applied. But the | iri her intention to refrain from unfortunate woman is & mass of burns| .. ine the charge she had entered. fram head to foot and no hope i8|7y .. tne court asked Mr. Prentice given for her recovery. The husband| ;. . he had obtaired the intoxicant s broken-hearted over the affair. He |, . .o primarily responsible for and his wife have been living in lhe»hi! arrest ,and he replied that when Honor, “is no reason why he should be hands. CULPRIT EORGIVEN BEGAUSE | Woman Who Caused Harry Prentice’s Arrest COURT IS NOT MOVED BY HER PLEA neighborhood for more than twenty he saved his trunk from the devour- ears Nobody knows exactly how the wo- an’s clothing became ignited. It is thought that the fire first caught the he: her dress and, before she feit azed up and blinded her. She i» yvears old. Her health has been bad r several months WHARVES OF PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY AGAIN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE _ Mail wharves, which| extended, failled to restore vere saved by slmost superhuman ef-|feeling to elther of them. + - Prior to the catastrophe they © flames that deStroved| . iiers in the buying and slaughter- narrowly escaped destruc-|ing of debilitated horses and the dis- 3 on Tuesday afternoon.|posal of their hides, and whflen }Iiae_f} atest oo ) | decided to withdraw from the firm Bili est conflagration started on|Ult % to sive him 125 for his inter- le-Gecked wharf. Had| egt in the healthy. horse and wagon es gained a little more head- | pejonging thereto, but Hen was slow th the new wharves and the|in paying the money and a few days ing flames it contalned two bottles of whisky. one of which he had con- | sumed ere he ran afoul of the law. | “And what became of the other one? his Honor inquired, while all present eagerly awaitea the answer. “The last I saw of it,” Mr. Prentice ominously hinted, “it was in the 'handu of one of the policemen who pinched m;s the arresting officers had depart- | ed the courtroom the inquiry could not be pursued further just then. Mr. Prentice will be sentenced today. f Barthquake coula not heal nor cof- cement the unbrotherly ded the two Beckmans the good voluntarily i Ffiagratio: {breach that di —Bill and Hen—and even fire e leden with val-|ago Bill took possession of the “rig” ould have been de-]and now Hen seeks to recover it | through search warrant procedure. wharf, where the fire| Hen’s wife figured in the contro- ittered with sawdust andve sticking loyally to her spouse’s and into this infimmable de- |side, but the Judge ungallantly re- cheerful lunatic is thoughtfused to hear her version of it. The dropped a blazing match, a|case will be given another innlngvm- or cigarette. iday, when Hen will produce receipts he fire was discovered the|to show that he did pay some money far under the lower |0 Bill rf and had the struc-| rip. The dock force un- Anderson at once has- scene of the conflagra- their efforts would have . . “I intend to shake the ci said | James Brown, fuzzy-haired and pink- | cheeked, to Judge Mogan, before whom {he was accused of having been in- {ebriated aboard an Oakland ferry-| nothing but for the arrivaljy . N e revenue cutter Hartley,| yyy2 inquired his Honor. imps _supplied the water| «Because,” replied James, smiling i the fire in check until the| wearily, “the city shook me. tug Governor Irwin reached| “As soon as the court clerk can draw |an order of commitment, which the sprayer was brought|absence of printed forms makes a and after an hour’s fight| tedious task indeed, Mr. Brown will s extinguished and the|be sentenced to something yet to be wholesale destruction | determined. 4 | - Assistant Du Attorney Louis ! Ward persuaded Judge Shortall to is- sue an order for exhumation of the !remains of Frank Riordan, who was shot and killed by Private L. N. Bechtel a; a REGISTRATION BUREAU HAS ITS WORK NEARLY DONE Careful Canvass of the City Is Made by | Company C, First Regimen! s G0, a Committee Assisted by the jon April 19 at Octavia street and School Teachers. Cedar avenue. e Central Bureau has| After the shooting Riordan was ez and there re- | Placed in an automobile and hurried {to Mount | route, and Zion no Hospital, but died en Coroner’s examination teachers have responded |OT autopsy was held before the body though twice the number|Was interred in Calvary Cemetery. At reguired to complete, the preliminary examination of Bechtel, who charged with murder, several jmembers of the National Guard -tes- |tified that Riordan was drunk and ag- gressive when the fatal shot was fired sk of canvassing the is nteers who have terminated eir worl ild report to the Central |8 Registra wreau at the Hamilton|in Self-defense by Bechtel, but the! School Geary street; M.r. Graham, Undertaker who prepared the rematrs Secfion 2, at the Jackson|fOr burial swore that he found only one Mr. Wetmore, Twenty-|8unshot wound, and it was in the de- rrero streets, or to Dr. 3] cea back. Mr., Ward hopes to Columbia square, and velunteer | Show that Riordan was not advancing assistance for final registration, | UPON Bechtel when the death wound investigating work, and also| Wa$ administered, and that is why the es and addresses with the | €XDUmation was ordered by the Judge. wed, they will render a|__The hearing will be resumed next and highly appreciated ser- | Monday. ettied to those who are in need and want. SR 3 | Judge Conlan is preserving as a sou- i venir of the great calamity the case of Frank Johnson, accused of drunken- ness, which was given a partial hear- ing on April 17 and continued till the Chevra Rofa Cholin, and enth [ usiasth meeting of the n, an association formed families h their following day. When it was called nenimouty. ¥ a resolution to| Yesterday there was no response for . same and to remit the dues ] the def e, and then it was ascer- et Another meeting | t3ined that Mr. Johnsor was released will be held Sunday, May 20, at 1434 |0n 35 -bail the evening preceding the . s L2 5 { earthquake, =0 the court is in a quan- | — ¥ A dary as to whether the bail should be Boys Escape From Aid Soclety. inasmruc.. as the defendant Dinan was notified vesterday { may have endeavorel to appear for ge « assistant superinten- | trial and approached as near to the { the Boys » of the Aid Society, inmates, Joseph Lubiano, Hall of Justice as the heat or the mil- itary would permit ‘on that fateful d_Joaquin Portusach, | April 18. d escape Tuesday A reward p ® . o %5 10 capture of each was offered. While the big fire raged in the North RUMIFORD The Wholesome Baking Powder % buying RUMFORD you get the most Whole- ,some Baking Powder, and save money too. fraternal | (00D MOTHER for Leniency. CRAWFORD. End two of the affrighted residents thereof, Charles W. Tucker, a house painter, and John Rentz, occupation not recorded, became engaged in al- tercation as to which had right of way for trunk-dragging on a certain sidewalk, and Mr. Tucker won out by smiting " Mr. Rentz's cranium with a monkey wrench. Mr. Rentz bided hlsi time, however, until he discovered Mr. Tucker's new home, ‘when he caused his arrest on the charge of having committed an assault with a deadly weapon. Judge Mogan has the case well in hand. | « s e Judge Shortall has issued a warrant | for the arrest of Jane Doe Smith, who is alleged to be illegally detaining at Vallejo a carrfage which she com- mandeered from Conlan’s livery sta-| ble, on California street, during the! fire, and used to convey her wardrobe| and some household gods to the afore- ! mentioned town. After tiresome quest Mr. Conlan traced Miss Srhith and the vehicle, which is valued at $1500, to Vallejo, but the lady declined to dis- close the whereabouts of his property unless he gave her $60 for having taken care of it, which he refused to; do, because (1) she took it without his| knowledge or permission, and (2) he believed that its use more than re-} warded her for its care, inasmuch as| it was the means of preventing her| descent into insolvency. She will be brought back from her new home to- ay. BOULEVARD PROJECT AGAIN REVIVED BY THE AUTOMOBILISTS! Despite the unsettled conditions: in this city the automobolists look be- yond the mere utility of their machines and plan for the future. The greatest need of the owners of machines i{s considered to be the pro- posed boulevard connecting this city and Colma. R, P. Schwerin of the Automobile Club of California has been the mov- ing spirit in raising subscriptions for building the road. He was cdlled away to Panama at a critical time and the agitation for the road was allowed to languish. Despite the many calls upon his time he has again interested himself in the project. He is backed b r the member- ship of the Automoble Club. The sub- scriptions already recelved will do all the required work in San Mateo Coun- ty. It is the work from the Ingleside road to the county line that is the present obstacle. The Supervisors were ready to proceed with this before the fire. How they can get at it now is the problem. The automobile occuples a warm place in the hearts of the people, owing to the great work it performed for the military and civil authorities. It is safe to say there will be no unneces- sary restrictive legislation enacted to curb the autoists in this State, The building of the proposed boule- vard would benefit all owners of autos, especially those who reside in San Ma- teo and Santa Clara counties, —_— GIVES ITS ATTENTION | TO THE WATER FRONT | Sub-Committee Engaged in Planning Great Commercial Entry Reports Progress. The sub-committee on harbor front, seawall, docks .and shipping is stead- ily progressing in its work of planning an improved commercial entry into the city. One of the greatest problems that confronts this committee is the straightening of Kast street at the leaql possible public expense. The fol- jlowing report as to the progress of the work of the sub-committee was | filed yesterday by Chairman J. Dow- ney Harvey with the reconstruction committee: The committce on harbor front, sea- walls, docks and shipping respectfuily re- ports that it has made a careful exam- | ination of the water front of San Fran- | cisco and finds that tne city’s natural advantages have been lost sight of, ow- | ing to the lack of harmony and want of | close connection between the business in- j terests of San Francisco and the active co-operation with and help to the repre- sentatives of the State. The committee is now working on plans which it hopes can be brought to the at- tention of property owners of San Fran- cisco in such a_way that the steady im- Emremem of the water front will make an Francisco second to none in the world ‘in the facllities of handling land and water traffic. It has under consid- eration the extension of the seawall to Fort Mason. the widening of East street, the rehabilitation and extension of the Belt Railroad, the extension of the sea- wall and docks, and the use of modern improvements and up to date facilities to bring shipping wharves, railroads and warehouses in close co unication for the interchanging of traffic. i —————— Civil Service Records Saved. All the minutes, eligible lists and other j records of the Civil Service Commission- iers were preserved intact. On opening | the safe none of them were found to have been destroyed. The Civil Service Com- mission has notified all departments sub- jdect to civil service regulations that it | Will be necessary for them to submit {lists of their temporary appointments for {the month of May, 1906, in order that they may be passed upon by ..e Civil Service Commission before the warrants of such temporary employes can be or- dered paid by the Auditor. ———— Police Seize Wine and Liquors. J. M. Morrissey reported at police head- auarters yesterday that on Tuesday night they seized four barrels of wine and a keg of whisky at the fruit store of D. Dedomenico, Twenty-second street. { The liquor was taken to the police sta- | tion at Twenty-second and Mission streets. Dedomenico was suspected of selling liquor to soldiers, Two Looters Are Arnfid‘ Fred Edwards and 'John Davis were | the distinguished Eastern BURNHAM SAYS GITY WILL RISE Declaras the_llpportunlty fo Make It Beautiful Is a Great One. Noted Architect Delivers An Address Before Com- mittee of Forty. The enthusiasr}q of D. H. Burnham, architect, over the possibilities now in the hands of the reconstructors of San Francisco, offered new inspiration yesterday to the members of the general committee of forty. Burnham arrived at Century Hall just as the committee meeting was drawing to a close. Mayor Schmitz called upon him to address the meet- ing, which he, consented to do, saying: “I want you to know that the ca- lamity that has overwhelmed San Francisco has overwhelmed the East as well. Through me, as well as every other Easterner that has come here nce the disaster, they send their sympathy. But underlying this sympa- thy is the great hope that San Fran- cisco will soon be greater than ever in her history. 3 ‘“‘San Francisco now offers an op= portunity for reconstruction upon lines of utility and beauty such as the world has never presented before. No other city is so favored and here life can be made more convenient and delightful than those who look at the ruins now would believe possible. “After looking over the work of the committee that has in hand the re- CONTRACTORS ARE GRITICISED Labor Enmfismner Pro- tests Against Ways of 'Employers. Says Assistance Is Not Fur- nished to Red Cross Bureau. The steady.refusal of local contract- ors to secure. the services of employes through the medium or the Red Cross Employment Bureau nas resulted in the filing of another protest with the reconstruction committee. W. V. Staf- ford, Labor Commissioner. who is in charge of the bureau, complains that by their action many contractors are doing much to injure the progress of affairs. He sets forth his position in the following communication: . “I beg to advise you that we have been” able to place about 800 men in employment at the Red Cross Employ- ment Bureau in the Hearst Grammar | School, Fillmore and Hermann streets. 1'I‘hu! is out of a registration of about 3500. “I am not at all satsified that we have met with proper assistance at the hunds of employing contractors and others who belieye they are inter- ested in the practical solution of San | Francisco's needs. “Many are hiring labor as they re- | quire it from the long line of men en- i tering the city—men who are desert- | ing their labor in the mterior by the | statements of the immediate recon- ruction of the city. i 1 planning of the streets of the city it| StI! o is evident to me that it has full knowl-| We make insistent pleas for orders edge of what must be done. The | for men with poor resuits. Contract- . [} { ors are not alive to the importance of changes absolutely necessary in lhfiglvng ihe Beek-tholia !5 Saty Fehns Corporal P. H. MecGee and Policeman | | brother-in-law, business district are not numerous, bu they are Imperative, offering as they will additional fire protection and ave- nues for trade. “The work of rearranging the streets In the business district are easy of accomplishment and will be carried ont for the benefit of the present genera- tion. I was surprised to see how quickly the committee took hold and the many capabale men that compose it have used good judgment. If their plans are carried out—and I have no doubt that they will be, San Fran- cisco’s business section will be the most convenient in the world. The widening of the streets will also re- | store confidence in the breasts.of those who may fear danger of other con- flagrations, “New York is steadily losing much trade by reason of the fact that her business section is so congested and that establishments handling large shipments of merchandise cannot go there, but are compelled to establish in New Jersey and other places. With San Francisco's streets widened she will never present such a problem, but in the great family of cities will be the most favored of all from a com- mercial standpoint.” ‘GUSTOMER AGGUSES A DIAMOND SETTER OF STEALING GEMS Joseph H. Ames, a diamond setter, who had a shop in the Thurlow block on Kearny street and Haight street, was placed under arrest at police headquarters yesterday by Detective Ed Wren on a charge of fel- ony embezzlement. he complaining witness is F. de Ferrdri, who owned a { jewelry store at 217 Montgomery ave- 1 nue and now lives in San Rafael. | | prior to the fire he gave Ames about [81000 worth of diamonds to be set. After the catastrophe he had difficulty in locating Ames, but finally traced him to 860 Haight street. Ames had j written him to meet him on a certain | day, when he said he would open the i safe in his shop and recurn the dia- | monds. Ames failed to keep the ap- | pointmen letter from him that he had opened the | safe and found that the diamonds had | been destroyed by the fire. | It was ascertained by De Ferrari that about 8 o’clock on the morning | shop. and when Ames was questioned | He said he had taken out 315 from the safe, but had left the diamonds, as he did not think the firc would reach the | Thurlow block. De Ferrari told Cap- tain Burnett of th. matter, and the Captain instructed Detective Wren to place Ames under arrest. STEINMAN HELD TO ANSWER ON A CHARGE OF MURDER Accused Guardsman Is Released Bonds Furnished by Parents Pend- ing Trial Before a Jury, | Jacob H. Steinman, sergeant of Troop |A. Cavalry, N. G. C., who shot and killed Joseph Meyer, superintendent - of the children's playground in Columbia square, on April*19, was held by Presid- ing Judge Thomas F. Graham of the Superior Court to answer before a Jury for the crime of murder. Judge Graham stated that there is ample cvidence to show that the defen- dant wantonly Killed Meyer, but, in view of the conflicting evillence adduced be- fore him he felt disposed to make an order admitting the defendant to bail in the sum of $15.000. Assistant District Attorney John O'Gara not objecting, the order was m-de. and Herman Steinman of 3333 ‘Washington street, the father of the young sergeant, | With his uncle, Ben. M. Steinman, mer Mayor of Sacramento, but now of 2519 Paclfic avenue, qualified on the bend and the defendant was ordered released. iR et : Seeks Missing People. Chiel Dinan received a dispatch ves- of detectives, Philadelphia, askirtg him to find Michael J. Hare, whose father had died there on Sunday. He also received a letter from Mrs. George Hurshman, Spring Valley ranch, Leavings, Alberta, Canada, asking for information about her Walter Hurshman, a n}’intor. and his wife and child. William Greer Harrison, 2813 Scott street, re- ported that Flora Dellow, who was a telephone operator at the Adler Sanita- rium, on Green street, near Van.Ness sarrested by Policeman: John Gallaway at Fourth and Mission streets yesterday morning with a load of loot consisting. of about 1500 pounds of copper. They were taken to police headquarters, and | after the loot had been transferred from | the wagon to the yard in the rear of the Lowell High School they were taken by Galloway to Portsmouth square to clean bricks. A charge of grand larceny~will be made against them. avenue. at the time of the earthquake, | was missing. EAS R i L G Liquor Dealer Arrested. OABLAND, May 16.—John H. Brady, a saloonkeeper at 420 Seventh street, was arrested yesterday morning for violating the midnight cloging ordinauce. — Rted Eyes and Evelids, Pink-Eye and other Eye trouble B Remedy) son ubles cured by Murine !.}c [3 lives at 860 | De Ferrari alleges that three days. t, but De Ferrari received a | | Of the fire Ames had been seen in his | he admitted that he had been there. | terday from James F. Donaghy, captain ' ¢ | cisco's own people. Ingeed, I am led | to believe that some large employers are thoughtless to a degree bordering on cruelty. “In one instance a firm has given out the statement that men could not be | obtained, and has had signs printed and posted about the city calling for 1000 men. They advised a representa- tive of this bureau to send the men We sent a number, who were told “No ! work” and “No men needed.” I made| a personal investigation and was ad- | vised by the firm that they did not need any men; that the signs were old. | Some of these signs were still out two | days and men trampea wearily about | the city in consequence. Thls is not honest. “1 regret to advise you that some of the contractors in and around the city are placing their pay day so far ahead {as to render their work valueless to men with families, and then discount their own paper in a vicous and ex- | tortionate manner. These things were bad enough in ordinary times; today | they are brutal. “Tt is, in my opinion, of the utmost { importance that labor should be pro- vided for the army of destitute men in this city. 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